Category: Aadhar Card

To facilitate the process of linking Aadhaar with bank accounts, the UIDAI had directed public and private sector banks to open ‘Aadhaar Enrolment and Update Centres’ in at least 10 percent of their existing branches. A total of 15,315 bank-centres will be targeted by the Aadhaar-issuing body by the end of October 2017. However, as...

The Central Government has made it mandatory for people to furnish their Aadhaar card for biometric verification when they make deposits in Public Provident Fund (PPF), Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) and schemes of the Post Office. Existing depositors have to get their Aadhaar number seeded with the deposit scheme by 31st December, 2017. As per...

हिंदी में पढ़ें In order to reduce the time required in claim settlement and ease the process of withdrawal from the EPF account, the government has come up with a new initiative. Employees can link their Aadhaar with UAN (Universal Account Number) and get their EPF claims processed in as less as 5 days. Earlier,...

The Union Budget 2017 gave a major boost to the Aadhaar Card identification programme and the BHIM digital payments application. In his budget speech to the Parliament, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that Aadhaar-based smartcards for senior citizens and an Aadhaar enabled payment system will  be launched soon. He also stated that the government plans...

Did you know that you can digitally sign your Aadhaar Card? Yes, you can avail the facility of Aadhar Card digital signature or Aadhaar e-signature which is a unique electronic signature on your Aadhaar Card. Get Credit Score with monthly updates for FREE Check Now What is Aadhaar Signature Validity? Aadhaar signature validity is basically...

As per media reports, domestic passengers, who mention their Aadhaar at the time of air-ticket booking, will soon be able to gain access to the airport facility quicker than normal flyers. These passengers would get seamless travel experience At Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Vijaywada airports from 2018 under the Central Government’s “digi yatra” programme. Airports Authority...

हिंदी में पढ़ें DigiLocker is an initiative by the Government of India under the Digital India programme to move towards paperless and digital governance.  There was a time when a person had to get documents attested by a gazetted officer to be used as valid proof. Getting the documents reissued was time-taking and a tough...

Insurance regulator IRDAI (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India) has made it compulsory to link Aadhaar with insurance policies. General and life insurers will have to implement this directive immediately and start linking Aadhaar of policyholders with their insurance policies. In a statement given on November 8, 2017 by the regulator, Aadhaar-insurance policy linkage...

After recent announcements regarding Aadhaar linking deadlines for various services including banking, mutual funds and mobile phones, the deadline for postal account linking of Aadhaar has also been confirmed as December 31st 2017. In order to facilitate this process, India’s Department of Posts (DoP) has already announced the establishment of 585 new Aadhaar enrollment centres...

With the increasing number of services being linked to Aadhaar, UIDAI has introduced a mobile application, mAadhaar app, which will act as a soft copy of your original Aadhaar. Android users can download this mobile application from Google Play Store but the iOS users will have to wait for some time. Read further to know the...